. >>> today i can say to the men and women of the cia and director john brennan, you will have one of your own, a leader who cares for you deeply and will fight for you every single day. >> president obama praising his new nominee for director of central intelligence. i will bring in fran townsend. what does john brennan bring to the cia that general petraeus didn't bring? >> wolf, general petraeus took off the uniform at the four-star rank, and had to lead a civilian organization which is very different. you know, john brennan comes out of that culture. he spent 25 years at the cia. he's been a station chief. he understands how intelligence is gathered, how it's analyzed, and how it's best utilized by policy makers and now he's been at the other end of that spectrum, if you will. he's been a user of intelligence, a consumer. he's set the requirements at the white house. and so he understands all aspects of the system and i think, you know, the cia has been through a very difficult time. remember, you had the cia officers killed in the coast bombing in pakistan and now you've got him